SETTLING IN - CultureShock! A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette - page 162

Orlybus; tel: [phone]. The RATP bus that runs
between Orly and Paris. The terminus is at the Air France
terminal near place Denfert-Rochereau. The trip takes
about half an hour. Currently the price is € 6.40 one-way.

For information on the RER B, Orlybus and Roissybus,
access the RATP website: http://www/ratp.fr

Finding Your Way
Addresses in Paris are surprisingly easy to find, given that
each street has a different name assigned in no particular
order. As described earlier, the 20 arrondissements are
arranged in an outward-moving spiral; the smallest in
the oldest, most central sections of town, the largest
toward the edge. On streets perpendicular to the Seine,
address numbers start at the river and increase as they
go; pairs (even numbers) are on the right and impairs
(odd numbers) on the left. Buildings on streets parallel to
the river are numbered downstream from east to west.
As numbers were assigned according to when particular
streets were developed, do not assume that numbers
on facing buildings are in the same range. In any case,
numbers increase slowly, as different buildings may bear
the same number with bis or ter added to them. Of course,
there are exceptions to the numbering system, especially
around the Grands Boulevards.
City plans may be obtained at the Paris Tourist Office,
bookshops, large department stores and many news-stands.
Maps and street atlases come in varying sizes. The best for
carrying around is a Plan de Paris par arrondissement , one
of several pocket-sized books with alphabetical indexes,
indications of where a building number can be found, bus
and métro routes, emergency numbers and more. Some
atlases list a street named after a person with the first name
first, others list the last name first.

Walking
Walking puts you in touch with the charm of Paris at
every turn. Foreigners used to driving on the left must